Performing Arts Medicine in Clinical Practice [electronic resource] /
Bird, Howard A.author.
This useful book gives the reader basic insight into the musculoskeletal problems specific to each of the varied instruments and styles of dance, as well as some that affect the voice. The author’s thirty years practical experience around the theme of ‘Controversies in Performing Arts Medicine’ allows for in-depth knowledge in occupational rheumatological care for performing artists, especially instrumentalists and dancers with complex ailments.   Performing Arts Medicine in Clinical Practice assists the reader in the management of highly complex elite athletes, the musicians and dancers whose care remains one of the greatest challenges in occupational musculoskeletal medicine.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Expert Care of the Performing Artist -- 2. Musical Instruments and their Demands on the Body -- 3. Styles of Dance and Their Demands on the Body -- 4. The Voice and the Musculoskeletal System -- 5. Principles of Management -- 6. Illustrative Musical Case Studies -- 7. Illustrative Dance Case Studies -- 8. Overuse Syndromes -- 9. Hypermobility in Dance; Asset not Liability -- 10. Scoliosis in Musicians and Dancers -- 11. Drugs and Therapeutics -- 12. The Disabled Performer -- 13. The Multi-Talented Performer -- 14. Future Trends.
This useful book gives the reader basic insight into the musculoskeletal problems specific to each of the varied instruments and styles of dance, as well as some that affect the voice. The author’s thirty years practical experience around the theme of ‘Controversies in Performing Arts Medicine’ allows for in-depth knowledge in occupational rheumatological care for performing artists, especially instrumentalists and dancers with complex ailments.   Performing Arts Medicine in Clinical Practice assists the reader in the management of highly complex elite athletes, the musicians and dancers whose care remains one of the greatest challenges in occupational musculoskeletal medicine.
Rheumatology.
Orthopedics.
Rehabilitation medicine.
Physiotherapy.
Rheumatology.
Orthopedics.
Rehabilitation Medicine.
Physiotherapy.